Harakat al-Shabaab al-Muhajideen May 25, 2019

Baidoa, Somalia -- The former deputy leader and founding member of the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group Harakat al-Shabaab (HSM), Sheikh Mukhtar Robow, along with militia from the Rahanweyn clan loyal to the exiled leader came under attack by an unknown number of al-Shabaab fighters loyal to the group's current leader, Abu Ubaidah, in an intense fire fight in southern … [Read more…]

Baidoa, Somalia -- Over the weekend the Somalia based terror group with links to al-Qaeda known as Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (HSM) walked in and took over the town of Leego within the Lower Shabelle region of Bay in southern Somalia. Al-Shabaab fighters also captured a military base belonging to the U.N -led African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) peace-keepers, all … [Read more…]

Lamu, Kenya -- Officials from the Kenyan government declared early Monday that the Kenyan Defense Force (KDF) have conducted air strikes within the Boni National Forest Reserve in southeastern Kenya against suspected camps of the Somalia based terror group Harakat al-Shabaab. The strikes which fell under the on-going operation known as Operation Linda Boni, were purportedly in … [Read more…]

Lamu, Kenya -- The Somalia based al-Qaeda-linked terror group Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (HSM) continued its weeks long campaign of violence against the civilians and security forces in the southeastern region of Lamu County, Kenya this weekend. Its recent attack targeted specifically non-Muslim civilians in Jima village just outside of the coastal city of … [Read more…]